Several days later, at the same cliff's edge, the King of the Underworld gazed down over the entire city as he listened to Chongli's latest report.
"Lord King of the Underworld, we still haven't found any trace of the White Tiger clan."
Chongli reported.
After slaying Kir inmaru all those years ago, his true body had gone to the Underworld, leaving his clone, the King of the Underworld, to guard the Wolf Tribe.
Not long afterward, the King of the Underworld had traveled alone to White Tiger City in the Northern Country, subduing an entire clan single-handedly.
He had crushed the White Tiger Legion and severely wounded the White Tiger clan's leader, the Snow Emperor. Just as he was about to finish the Snow Emperor off, however, Guigu of the White Tiger clan had activated a spell formation he had set up throughout the city beforehand, teleporting away both the Snow Emperor and the crippled White Tiger Legion.
That old fox Guigu was a cunning schemer. Although he had failed to bring the Phoenix Tribe of the Southern Country into his camp, he had long since prepared a means of escape within White Tiger City.
He had yet to fully recover his former strength, so he could not let the White Tiger clan perish just yet. The Snow Emperor still had his uses, too, so Guigu had chosen to avoid confronting the King of the Underworld.
He had taken the White Tiger clan into hiding.
More than forty years had passed since then, without the slightest sign of activity.
It was as though they had vanished from the Demon World altogether.
Meanwhile, Yakan's earlier surprise attack had left the members of the Southern Country's Phoenix Tribe harboring hatred toward the Wolf Tribe.
Yet through Emperor Yu's efforts, it had eventually